DIANE BURDETTE OBENCHAIN

Major Fields: Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith; Christian Mission and World Christianity; Comparative History of Global Religion; Chinese traditions: Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist; Chinese Christianity; Methods in the Study of Religion

Other Specializations: Japanese Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity Traditions of West, South, and Southeast Asia: Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian The History of the Academic Study of Religion in the West

Present Position: Director of the China Initiative, Fuller Theological Seminary Professor of Religion, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary

Previous Positions: Full Professor with tenure, Religious Studies, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA (January 31, 2005 to June 30, 2014) Visiting Professor, Religious Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai (Fall 2004) Visiting Prof., Dept. of Phil. and Religious Studies, Zhejiang University (Spring 2004) Visiting Scholar, Yale Divinity School (January 2003- January 2004) Fellow, The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University (2001 -- present) Consultant for the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (1995-2005) Visiting Professor, Dept. of Phil. and Religious Studies, Peking University (1988-2003) Tenured, Associate Professor of Religion, Kenyon College 1988-1993 Assistant Professor of Religion at Kenyon College 1980-1988

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Harvard University, 1984 Comparative History of Religion (Specialization: Confucianism) M.A. Stanford University, 1974 East Asian Studies (Specialization: Chinese Linguistics and Philosophy) M.A. Stanford University, 1972 Philosophy of Education (Specialization: Chinese Philosophy) B.A. Drew University, 1970 Religion, Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Religion Stanford Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study in Taipei, 1973-74

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fuller Theological Seminary (present) Director of the China Initiative Professor Religion, School of Intercultural Studies (SIS)

Calvin College 2005- 2014 Full Professor of Religious Studies Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith (World Religions) Introduction to Mission Upper level courses: 1) Chinese Thought and Culture; 2) Islam, 3) Confucianism, 4) Buddhism, 5) Hinduism Methods in the Academic Study of Religion

Calvin Theological Seminary Adjunct Professor; Loving Your Muslim Neighbor Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith (with Prof. J. Bolt)

Peking University 1988-2002 Visiting Professor of Religious Studies; teaching in Mandarin Introduction to the History of the Study of Religion in the West Issues in the Comparative Study of Religion (graduate seminar)

Zhejiang University Spring 2004 Visiting Professor of Religious Studies; teaching in Mandarin

Fudan University Fall 2004 Visiting Professor of Religious Studies; teaching in Mandarin

National University of Singapore 1990-93 Visiting Teaching Fellow (full-time; courses taught in English) Introduction to Chinese Philosophy Diane B. Obenchain, Page 2

Advanced Chinese Philosophy: Confucianism and Buddhism Small Group Tutorials in Chinese Philosophy

Waseda University 1987-88 Resident Director of Exchange Program, Visiting Professor

Kenyon College 1980-1993 Associate Professor 1988-93; Assistant Professor 1980-87 Chinese Religion in Literature and Art; Japanese Religion in Literature and Art; Confucius and Zhuangzi; Buddhist Texts (India, China, Japan); Modern Hindu Mystics; Spiritual Quests of 20th Century Women: India, China, Japan; Introduction to the Experience and Expression of Religion; Senior Seminar in Religion Spiritual Quests of 20th Century Women: China, Japan, West

OFFICIAL Leave from Kenyon College (as a tenured member of the Kenyon Faculty): 1993-1994 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 1990-1993 Teaching Fellow, Department of Philosophy, National University of Singapore 1989-1990 Research Fellow, Institute of East Asian Philosophies, Singapore 1988-1989 Visiting Professor, Philosophy, Peking University (sabbatical year, Kenyon College) 1987-1988 Resident Director, GLCA-ACM Japan Study, Waseda University (service to College)

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

McGregor Fellowship, Calvin College, Summer 2006. Commendation Award and Prize for translating and editing Feng Youlan’s New Edition of the History of Chinese Philosophy, Vol. 7, from the Committee for the History of Chinese Philosophy and the Committee for Feng Youlan Research, Nov. 5, 2005, Peking University, Beijing, China. Harvard University Fellowships 1974-76 National Defense Foreign Language Fellowships: Harvard 1976-78; Stanford 1972-73 Stanford University Fellowships 1972-74 Summa cum laude, with Honors in Religion, Sigma Phi Scholastic Honors Society, Drew University 1970

GRANTS RECEIVED

Calvin College Research Fellowship (CRF) for one course reduction, Fall 2007 $4,000 from Freeman Grant Funds to Asian Studies at Calvin College to fund student work on Small Dictionary for the Study of Religion in English and Chinese, funded also by The Henry Luce Foundation. Faculty Teaching Fellows, Calvin College, grant of $1500.00, Dec. 2006, for academic films for World Religions Visiting Professor Grant, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, for teaching an intensive two-week course on “Restorative Justice and Its Spiritual Roots”, at the Institute for Christian and Cross-Cultural Research, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 14-June 30, 2006. Small Dictionary for the Study of Religion in English and Chinese, $90,000.00 from The Henry Luce Foundation Visiting Professor Grants, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, for teaching Religious Studies at Peking University, 1995-2002, Zhejiang University 2004 (Spring), and Fudan University 2004 (Fall). One-year Research Fellowship, Institute of East Asian Philosophies, Singapore 1989-90. Kenyon College Sabbatical Grant for research/teaching in People's Republic of China, 1988-89. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Grant, 1986. Kenyon College Faculty Development Grants: 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988. Great Lakes Colleges Association Japan Studies Grant for study/travel in Japan, 1984.

PH.D. DISSERTATION (HARVARD) Title: Ministers of the Moral Order: Innovations of the Early Zhou Kings, the Duke of Zhou, Zhongni and Ru

Readers: Professor Benjamin I. Schwartz (History); Professor Wilfred Cantwell Smith (Chair, Study of Religion); Professor Tu Wei-ming (Chair, East Asian Languages Civilization)

Précis: The translation of the Chinese term Ru into English as "Confucianism" is misleading. Ru, in Chinese, refers generally to 1) the study, teaching and transmission of the cumulative, oral-written record (wen) of the way of the ancient sage-kings and more specifically to 2) the cultivation of moral character to assist a Diane B. Obenchain, Page 3

leader in caring for the people, as the sage-kings did. Because 1) both types of activity were in practice long before Kong Zi (Confucius), 2) Kong Zi's instruction concerned both but primarily the second kind of activity, and 3) many more Ru have been engaged in the first activity and not the second, translating Ru as "Confucianism" is not most informative. Comprehension of the early meaning and use of Ru in the Warring States period (600-250 B.C.) offers greater access to the enduring value of the Ru legacy.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES

Chinese: Professional-level fluency (able to lecture comfortably on philosophy, religion, other topics) 1974-2004; speaking, reading, writing Chinese since 1969. Classical: Excellent. Japanese: Fluency in everyday spoken Japanese 1984-88; courtesy level retained in speaking and listening comprehension: good reading comprehension. French: Fluency 1966-71; good reading level retained. German: Reading ability in "theological German"; examination passed for Ph.D. 1975. Sanskrit: One year academic study of Sanskrit.

PUBLICATIONS

I. BOOKS PUBLISHED

God and Globalization: Theological Ethics in a Pluralistic World. Max L. Stackhouse, General Editor, with Peter Paris, Don Browning, and Diane B. Obenchain. Volume Three: Christ and the Dominions of Civilization., ed. by Max L. Stackhouse with Diane B. Obenchain. Trinity Press International, Harrisburg, PA., 2002.

Feng Youlan [Fung Yu-lan]: Something Exists, Selected Papers of the International Research Seminar on the Thought of Feng Youlan, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Volume 21, Nos. 3/4, September/December 1994, Diane B. Obenchain as special editor and translator for entire volume of collected essays by leading Chinese philosophers (475 pages). Introduction (115 pages) and Afterword (30 pages) by Diane B. Obenchain. Volume commemorates the philosophy of Feng Youlan, foremost Chinese philosopher of the twentieth century.

Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith Traditions: A Reader, compiled by Diane B. Obenchain and formatted by Dale R Williams, printed by The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CCCS) for Calvin College Faculty Workshop, sponsored by The Nagel Institute for World Christianity, The Teaching and Learning Network, and CCCS, with Mwenda Ntarangwi and Susan Felch, co-leaders, June 4-7, 2012, 207 pages.

BOOKS IN PROGRESS

A Small Dictionary for the Study of Religion in English and Chinese, Diane B. Obenchain, Project Director, Author and Editor and He Guanghu, Project Co-Director (Center for the Study of Christianity, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Translator and Editor. Funded by The Henry Luce Foundation with a $90,000.00. Estimated date of completion 2016.

Introduction to the Study of Religion: Anthology of Readings on the History of the Study of Religion in the West, co- authored with Zhang Zhigang, to be published by Peking University Press (in Chinese), is expected to be completed in 2016 and is designed to serve as a textbook at Peking University and other universities in China. English version of the textbook is also planned. Funded by The United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia with a $16,500.00 grant. Manuscript nearing completion. Estimated completion date 2016.

New History of Chinese Philosophy (Zhonguo Zhexue Shi Xin Bian), by Feng Youlan [Fung Yu-lan]. Editorial and translation team: Zhao Fusan, Lauren Pfister, Diane B. Obenchain. Volume 7 manuscript complete, under revision. Seeking to publish with University of Hawaii Press or Monumental Serica. (Volumes 1-6 are to be translated and edited by an international team, with General Editor: Zhao Fusan, former Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Volumes 1 and 2 on pre-Qin philosophers will be translated and edited by Diane B. Obenchain.) English manuscript complete, seeking publisher.

Confucian Confusion: On the Meaning of Ru (Confucian) during the Warring States Period and the Early Han. Revision of doctoral dissertation, nearing completion.

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For China: Comparative Essays on Moral Leadership and Individual Responsibility. Collection of my essays, lectures, and papers presented during fifteen years of teaching in China, in progress.

The Garden of a Spoonful of Water: Beloved Terrain of Emperors, Foreign Missions, Universities, and China's "Silicon Valley" Today by Hou Renzhi, Tang Xiaofeng, and Diane B. Obenchain. To be published by Peking University Press. in Chinese and English. Hou Renzhi (100 years old) is China's number one, internationally renowned historical geographer. Calvin College undergraduate, Linda Ma, is doing accompanying document as part of her senior project in film.

God is Calling to Himself People Who Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth: The Transfiguration of Worship Around the World Across Time through Reception of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. An on-line Christian textbook for understanding people of other faith (secularly known as “world religions”) that provides teachings and video clips of ways of worship for people, along with on-line testimonial stories of contemporary people, whose lives and ways of living have been/are being reformed and transfigured (but not abolished) through reception of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The opening chapter provides Biblical and theological warrant for the approach of the textbook. The final chapter presents contemporary life in the worldwide Body of Christ. Based on my plenary paper presentation on “Reformed Perspectives on Christian Faith in a Multi-Religious World: Jesus Christ as Salt, Light, and Yeast for Reform”, for conference on “Reformed Mission in an Age of World Christianity”, June 15-17, 2010 and on team-teaching with Prof. John Bolt, Calvin Seminary. In initial planning stages

You are the Lord’s Beloved: Rethinking Mission, a collection of essays that revise plenary presentations I have made around the world on this topic. Based on my keynote, Plenary Lectures, WORLD RENEW/Christian Reformed World Mission Joint Regional Asia Assembly, Siem Reap, Cambodia, January 26-30, 2014.

Two Free Gifts: Ru (Confucian) Moral Cultivation and Reception of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; a book on God’s reform of leadership away from primogeniture to leadership grounded in covenantal trust. An expansion of paper delivered entitled, “Leadership Development in Confucian Contexts”, Asian Society of Missiology Missions Leadership Forum, The Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, July 7-9, 2015. ASM Bangkok, Thailand, July 7-9, 2015.

The Role of the Church in Receiving Revelatory Gifts from Afar: Can Christians Practice Yoga and Taiji Quan? Examination of this and other questions, by raising the question “By what authority does a Christian practice yoga or Chinese martial arts, both of which in original context were worshipful practices? By what authority does one individually choose to adopt practices from other worship traditions? Based on my talk at the BEIJING FORUM 2015: “Our Interactive History: Retrospect and Prospect on Receiving Each Other's Gifts” and based on Consultation paper, “Facilitating a Christian WORLD (Web Of Resources, Learning, and Development): Some Needs/Principles and Program Suggestions”, critical, advance “thought-piece” with full notation, sent on line to international theologians in preparation for international consultation meeting in conjunction with Abraham Kuyper conference on “Neo-Calvinism and Democracy”, April 19-21, 2012, 16 pages single-spaced. Meant to be a Bible Study book.

II. ARTICLES OR CHAPTERS

“Christians’ Response to Confucianism”, Current, publication of Educational Resources and Referrals – China (ERRC), Winter 2010, pp. 1-3.

“Deepening the Dialogue: A Response to Zhang Qingxiong’s “Sin and Evil in Christian and Confucian Perspectives”, chapter in Christianity and Chinese Culture, edited by Miikka Ruokanen and Paulos Huang, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2010). [This is a substantially revised English version of Chinese paper published in 2004; see below.]

“Rudolf Otto’s Contributions to the Scientific, Historical, Phenomenological Study of Religion”, Preface (13 pages), to Zhu Donghua’s On the Phenomenological Characteristics of Rudolf Otto’s Numinology, Beijing, China: Peking University Press, 2007.

“Renzhe de zhiyin: Zhang Dainian de jiaoyu zhi dao (Leading by Benevolent Example: Remembering Zhang Dainian’s Way of Teaching)”, in Bu Xi Ji: Huiyi Zhang Dainian Xiansheng (Unbroken Threads: Essays in Memory of Professor Zhang Dainian), edited by Chen Lai. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2005 (4), pp. 346-351.

“Huiying zhiyi” (“First Response to Zhang Qingxiong’s ‘Sin and Evil in Christian and Confucian Perspectives’ ’’) trans. by Zhang Feng, in Zhidu Zongjiao yu Zhongguo Wenhua (Christianity and Chinese Culture: A Sino-Nordic Conference of Diane B. Obenchain, Page 5

Chinese Contextual Theology, Lapland, Finland, August 13-17, 2003), edited by Miikka Ruokanen and Paulos Huang. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2004, pp. 42-56.

“Youtaijiao – Jidujiao shengyue shehui yu rujia shehui: yu tian tong gong” (“Judeo-Christian Covenant Community and Ru (Confucian) Community: Co-partnership with Heaven”), trans. by Shin Yun, in Jidujiao Wenhua Yanjiu (Christian Culture Studies), August 2003, 30 pages.

“Jewish and Ru Moral Community: Compatibilities and Contributions to the Modern Era,” Edition Chōra: Verlag Fur Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften (Series for Asiatic and Comparative Philosophy, eds. Gűnter Wohlfart and Rolf Elberfeld) (Cologne, Germany: Spring 2002).

“The Study of Religion and the Coming Global Generation”, in God and Globalization: Christ and the Dominions of Civilization, ed. Max L. Stackhouse with Diane B. Obenchain (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2002), 59-109.

“Revelations of the Dragon: Observations on Christianity and Ru (Confucianism) in China Today”, The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, 21.2 (July 2000), pp. 161-195.

"Spiritual Quests of Twentieth Century Women: A Theory of Self-Discovery and A Japanese Case Study," in Self as Person in Asian Theory and Practice, edited by Roger T. Ames, et. al., (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1994); 40 pages.

"A Western Scholar Looks at Chinese Traditional Culture," Bulletin of Kiung Chow Hwee Kuan (Hainan Clan Society); No. 27, 1993, seven pages in Chinese. First ever non-Chinese Guest Speaker at this highly recognized clan society in Singapore in June 1993; publication of full presentation in Chinese.

"Kong Zi and Ru: A Re-assessment of the So-called 'Victory' of Confucianism during the Former Han," Journal of Peking University 1991.4, 83-90 (15 pages in Chinese).

Review of Kenneth J. DeWoskin, trans., Doctors, Diviners, and Magicians of Ancient China: Biographies of Fang-shih, in Philosophy East and West (1986.7).

"Kung-sun Lung's Chih Wu Lun Semantics of Reference and Predication", with Kao Kung-yi, in Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 2 (1975), 285-324; 30 pages.

GUEST SPEAKER OR PLENARY SPEAKER OR SERMON

2016 Guest speaker for talk entitled “What have I been doing in China over the past 30 years?” Seafarers Dinner, Presbyterian Church, La Cañada Flintridge, CA, Jan. 11, 2016.

Sermon: “An Epiphany about EPIPHANY”, St. Barnabas Church, Pasadena, CA, January 3, 2016. 2015 Plenary presentation, “The Enduring Value of What Feng Youlan Taught Us: A Western Perspective”, for international conference “Commemorating Feng Youlan’s 120th Anniversary and 25th Anniversary”, Tsinghua University, November 21-22, 2015.

Plenary presentation, “An Example of Chinese Christian Faith: Historical Geographer Hou Renzhi”, for international conference on “The Path of Sinocization of Christianity’”, Institute for Christian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, November 19-22, 2015, Beijing, China.

BEIJING FORUM 2015: As a guest speaker, my talk was entitled “Our Interactive History: Retrospect and Prospect on Receiving Each Other's Gifts”. November 6-9, 2016. This was a great honor: the Beijing Forum is a high-end academic forum with global influence; speakers have included renowned scientists, Nobel laureates, political leaders, and international known academicians. Theme for 2015: “Different Paths with Common Responsibilities”. My talk has been selected to be included in the volume of papers for Beijing Forum 2015.

Sermon: “Salvation Cannot be Earned”, St. Barnabas Church, Pasadena, CA, Oct. 11, 2015. Diane B. Obenchain, Page 6

Sermon: “Two Free Gifts: Easter and Pentecost”, Haidian Church, Beijing, China, May 22, 2015.

Guest Speaker, for 20- minute meditation on “Receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord in China Today”, presented at Fuller Theological Seminary Board of Trustees Meeting, May 18, 2015.

Plenary Speaker, “What Will Be the Foundation of Reform in China? How Will Such Reform Be Expressed in Practice?”, Inaugural Meeting of proposed Five-year Project on “Evangelicalism in Brazil and China: Current Perspectives, Future Directions”, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Center for Evangelicalism and Culture (CEC), Gordon College, April 16-19, 2015.

Guest Speaker, “What’s New with Kongzi (Confucius)? Innovations in the Ru (Confucian) Tradition Past and Present”, Logos Training Institute, El Monte, CA, February 11, 2015. 2014 Plenary Speaker, “The Modern Term ‘Religion’, the Ru (Confucian) Tradition, and the Human Person (Self),” international conference on “Cultural Psychology of Religion”, training conference sponsored by Travis Research Institute (Fuller Theological Seminary) and held in Harbin, China, July 20-27, 2014. Under revision for publication.

Guest Speaker (lead lecturer) for two-week course on “The Chinese Worldview Today”, under the auspices of Denver Seminary and sponsored by the Chinese Academic Consortium (CAC), June 21-July 8, 2014, Minzu University (Central University of Nationality of China), 27 Zhongguancun S St, Haidian, Beijing, China.

Guest Speaker, “How Do We Bear Witness to the Love of God in Jesus Christ as We Live, Work, Learn, and Serve Alongside Muslims?”, RCA/CRC Global Consultation on Christian Ministry to Muslims, March 24-28, 2014, Casa Cares Retreat Centre, Florence, Italy, March 24-28, 2014. Under revision for publication.

Guest Speaker, “Christian and Muslim Understanding of Jesus”, for “Conference on Islam” sponsored by the Salaam Project (Christian Reformed Church of North America [CRCNA], Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, February 15, 2012.

Keynote, Plenary Lecturer, WORLD RENEW/Christian Reformed World Mission Joint Regional Asia Assembly, Siem Reap, Cambodia, January 26-30, 2014. Under revision for publication. Introduction – “When Jesus Christ is Received as Savior and Lord, There is Transformation of the Whole of Life” Lectures Day One - “Cherishing People, Trusting Jesus” Lectures Day Two – “Seeking Precision, Trusting the Holy Spirit” Lectures Day Three – “Hallowing Practice, Trusting the Father Creator” 2013 SIS Dean’s Guest Lecture, “You are the Lord’s Beloved: Sharing the Healing and Transforming Gift of Jesus Christ in China”, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, October 2, 2013. Under revision for publication.

Guest Speaker (lead lecturer), “Vocational Explorations in a Multi-Faith World: Cultivating Informed Engagement across Faith Traditions in Undergraduate Education,” September 20-21, 2013, Calvin College, sponsored by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) and coordinated by the International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education (IAPCHE) and The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship. Under revision for publication.

Guest Speaker (lead lecturer) for two-week course on “The Chinese Worldview Today”, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China, under the auspices of Denver Seminary and sponsored by the Chinese Academic Consortium (CAC), June 26-July 14, 2013.

Guest Speaker (lead lecturer), “Two Christian Approaches to Engaging People of Other Faith Traditions”, a workshop sponsored by the International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education (IAPCHE), Calvin College, May 23, 2013. Under revision for publication.

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Guest Speaker, “Chinese Christian University Professors and the Important Role They Have in the Developing Chinese Church”, ERRC/CAC “Heart for China Charity Dinner”, September 22, 2012. Under revisions for publication.

Guest Speaker (lead lecturer), “Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith Traditions,” a four-day Calvin College Faculty Workshop, sponsored by The Nagel Institute for World Christianity, The Teaching and Learning Network, and The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, with Mwenda Ntarangwi and Susan Felch, June 4-7, 2012. Under revision for publication.

Guest Speaker (lead lecturer) for two-week course on “The Chinese Worldview Today”, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China, under the auspices of Denver Seminary and sponsored by the Chinese Academic Consortium (CAC), June 28-July 12, 2012.

Guest Speaker, “Christian and Muslim Understanding of Jesus”, for “Conference on Islam” sponsored by the Salaam Project (Christian Reformed World Mission [CRWM], Calvin CRC Church, Grand Rapids, April 28, 2012.

Guest Speaker, “Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith”, with Bennett Samuel, Calvin Symposium on Worship, Calvin College and Seminary, January 24-26, 2012. 2011 Guest Speaker (lead lecturer) for two-week course on “The Chinese Worldview Today”, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China, under the auspices of Denver Seminary and sponsored by the Chinese Academic Consortium (CAC), July 4- 18, 2011.

Guest Speaker, “Coming to Christ in Japan”, Calvin Seminary Chapel, March 18, 2011, service dedicated to victims of Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear plant destruction. 2010 Guest Speaker, “Reflections on Religious Freedom and Individual Responsibility: Two Closely Related Essentials of the American Democratic Experiment” at international conference in Wuxi, China, on “The United States in Crisis: Financial or Cultural”, co-sponsored by the US-China Education Trust (USCET) and Jiangnan University’s School of Foreign Studies and the Center for American Studies, Nov. 5-7, 2010. Under revision for publication.

Guest Speaker, “Christian Approaches to Islam: A Closer Look”, for international conference on “Christ Above All: Engaging with the Challenge of Islam”, Calvin Seminary, Saturday, October 2, 2010.

Guest Speaker, “Reformed Perspectives on Christian Faith in a Multi-Religious World: Jesus Christ as Salt, Light, and Yeast for Reform”, for conference on “Reformed Mission in an Age of World Christianity”, June 15- 17, 2010 at Calvin College, in conjunction with the Uniting General Conference (UGC), an assembly held Friday, June 18–27, 2010 to unite the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Reformed Ecumenical Council into one ecclesiastical body, also at Calvin College. Under revision for publication.

Guest Speaker, “Centered Heart-minds: Gifts from China to the Center for the Study of World Religions to Commemorate Its 50th Birthday”, International Conference celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, April 16, 2010.

Guest Speaker, “On Neo-Confucianism and Christianity”, for China Pulse Conference, March 6, 2010, Berkeley, CA and China Academic Consortium (CAC) annual meeting, March 5, 2010. 2009 Guest Speaker for endowed lectureship, Rev. Dr. W. Donald McClure Endowed Lectures (3) and Chapel Service, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Sept. 28-9, 2009 (under revisions for publication):

Lecture #1 – What is the Problem with “Religion”? Lecture #2 – Why is “Religion” Especially Suspect in China? Lecture #3 – Who is a “Christian Minister of the Moral Order”? Chapel Service – “Chinese Calvinism Today: Partners in Prayer” 2008 Diane B. Obenchain, Page 8

Guest Speaker, “On Christ and World-wide Religion: Some Preliminary Reflections” for conference on "Christian Scholarship for a Global Church," editorial board meeting of Christian Scholars Review, Prince Center, Calvin College, April 12, 2008.

Guest Speaker, “Buddhism and Christian Response”, Boston Square Church, Grand Rapids, MI., Feb. 24, 2008. 2007 Guest Speaker, “Christ, Salvation for all the World: Islam”, Nov. 4, 2007, Ferrysburg Community Church, Spring Lake, MI

Guest Speaker, “Christ, Salvation for All the World: India”, Feb. 25, 2007, Ferrysburg Community Church, Spring Lake, MI

Guest Speaker, “Christ, Salvation for All the World: China”, March 4, 2007, Ferrysburg Community Church, Spring Lake, MI 2006 Guest Speaker, “Christ and Religious Plurality”, Boston Square Church, Grand Rapids, MI, October 29, 2006

Guest Speaker, “Changing Stages of the Academic Life”, cGregor event, Calvin College, June 11, 2006.

Guest Speaker, “Confucianism as a Movement of Renewal”, North Hills Church, Troy, MI, March 12, 2006. 2004 Guest Speaker for endowed lectureship, The Bartlett Lectureship of Yale University Divinity School: “God, Confucius, and Human Rights”, November 9, 2004. 2001 Guest Speaker for endowed lectureship, The 2001 Arlo Ayres Brown Lectures of Drew University: “China: What’s New?” 1. “What’s New with Confucius”, February 8, 2001 2. “What’s China’s New Religious Heat?”, February 27, 2001 3. “What New in the Emperor’s Gardens? Beijing Silicon Valley and Ecological Protection of Sacred Landscapes”, April 3, 2001 4. “China and Drew: What’s Old, What’s New?” April 17, 2001

Guest Speaker for endowed lectureship, The Fenn Lecture of the United Board for Christian Higher Education: “Introduction to the Study of Religion”, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China: May 2001.

2000 Guest Speaker for endowed lectureship, The Fenn Lecture of the United Board for Christian Higher Education: “Introduction to the Study of Religion,” Nanjing University and Fudan University (Shanghai), October 2001.

Guest Speaker, Beijing International Society: "Confucianism: The Moral Way of the Ancient Sage Kings, Contributions Past and Present," Finnish Embassy (Beijing, China), January 1998. 1999 Guest Speaker for endowed lectureship, The Frederick Neumann Lecture of Princeton Theological Seminary: "Revelations of the Dragon: Observations on Christianity and Confucianism in China Today," Apr.14,1999.

Guest Speaker, G"A Spoonful of Water as an Endless Sea: Noble Gardens and Imperial Palaces in Haidian, Northwest Beijing"; multi-media presentation in words and visual images: 1. Beijing International Society, October 4, 1998 2. Asia Society of Hong Kong, February 10, 1999 3. American School, Singapore, February 25, 1999 4. Asia-American Forum, Washington, D.C., March 26, 1999 5. Chinese Culture Forum, Honolulu, HI, January 2003. 1998 Guest Speaker, "Presence and Manifestation in Chinese Art," multi-media presentation in words and visual image, Berkshire Institute for Theology and the Arts, August 30-31, 1998.

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Plenary Speaker, "When Three Walk Together, I Can Surely Find My Teachers (Analects 7:21)," Official Opening of the Department of Religious Studies at Peking University, Plenary Speaker, Sept. 5, 1997. 1995 Plenary Speaker, "Feng Youlan's Contributions Towards World Philosophy in the Twenty-first Century," International Conference Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of Feng Youlan, Tsinghua University, Beijing,December 16-20, 1995. 1993 Guest Speaker, "A Western Scholar Looks at Chinese Traditional Culture (in Chinese)", The Singapore Kiung Chow Hwee Kuan (Hainan Clan Society); first non-Chinese Guest Speaker to address the over one- hundred-years-old Singaporean branch of this age-old Chinese society, June 1993. 1990-92 Guest Speaker, "If he really loved her, he would not have worried about the distance (Analects 9:30)," National University of Singapore and the Gifted Education Unit, Ministry of Education:, Creative Arts Program Seminar "Eye on the World: Changing Landscapes," May 26-30, 1992.

Guest Speaker, "Confucianism: Corporate Culture with a Heart." Ministry of Defense, Singapore: Guest Speaker, May 1991.

Guest Speaker at Singapore Press Holdings, Inc, for three events: 1. "Confucian Essentials," November 1991; 2. "Singapore and Confucianism," November 1991; 3. “Comparative Values in Singapore: Keeping the Focus on What is Important," Dec.1991.

Guest Speaker, "Confucian Confusion." Professional Women's Group of Singapore (Zonta Club), February 1991 and 1990.

1989 and Before

Guest Speaker, University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada), March 1985:

1. "The Tao and Landscape Painting" 2. "Transmitting the Way of Ancient Sage Kings”

Guest Speaker, Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH), Guest Speaker for three events in Nov. 1982:

1. “Ru Ding: The Sacred Tripod of Confucian Scholarship, Ethics and Political Technique” 2. “Buddhist Basics” 3. “Neo-Confucianism: Variations on the Great Ultimate"

PAPERS, CONFERENCES, CONSULTATIONS

2016 Chair of panel entitled “Christian School and University Education” at international conference “The China Seminar”, hosted by the Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan. My paper for the panel was called, “A Christian Worldview for All Disciplines”. 2015 Paper presentation entitled “What is the Function of Religious Studies in China? Comparisons with the Function of Religious Studies in the West”. For workshop “Reflections on Methods in Chinese Research on Religion”, Peking University, Beijing, China, November 9, 2015.

“A Response to Terry C. Muck’s ‘Mission Trajectories in the 21st Century: Interfaith Roads Best Traveled’”, Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Intercultural Studies 50th Anniversary Celebration, October 21-24, 2015.

Paper presentation, “Leadership Development in Confucian Contexts”, Asian Society of Missiology Missions Leadership Forum, The Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, July 7-9, 2015. This paper presentation has been selected to be included the volume of papers coming from this conference.

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Panel response, “Lesslie Newbigin and Wilfred Cantwell Smith: Two Contemporaneous Missionaries to India with Very Different Responses to Religious Plurality”, The 2014 Scholl of Intercultural Studies “Missiology Lectures: Still Pluralist? Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century”, Fuller Theological Seminary, November 13-15, 2014. Under revision for publication.

Paper presentation, “Confucianism and Democratization”, international conference on “God, Globalization, and the Good Society”, Center for Faith and Inquiry, Gordon College, October 19-21, 2014. Under revision for publication.

Panel response to “Changing Course” by Larry Vanderaa, RCA/CRC Global Consultation on Christian Ministry to Muslims, March 24-28, 2014,Casa Cares Retreat Centre, Florence, Italy, March 24-28, 2014.

2012 Paper presentation, “Judeo-Christian and Ru (Confucian) Community and Their Reform: Co-Partnering with God and Heave and with Each Other,” for fifth international Forum of Chinese Theology on Christian Faith and the 21st century China, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, August 22-24, 2012, 33 double-spaced pages.

Consultation paper, “Facilitating a Christian WORLD (Web Of Resources, Learning, and Development): Some Needs/Principles and Program Suggestions”, critical, advance “thought-piece” with full notation, sent on line to international theologians in preparation for international consultation meeting in conjunction with Abraham Kuyper conference on “Neo-Calvinism and Democracy”, April 19-21, 2012, 16 pages single-spaced. 2011 Paper presentation, “Mission Engagement with Islam: God’s Calling to Himself People Who Worship Him in Spirit and Truth (A Response to Bassam Madany)”, for international Bavinck Conference, Calvin Seminary, Oct. 12-14, 2011.

Consultation (three-person task force), to write Christian Reformed document on “Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith”, Spring 2011, approved by CRC Synod, Fall 2011 and posted on CRCNA website.

2010 Paper presentation “Continuities and Discontinuities- Reflections on the Team-translation into English of Feng Youlan’s Zhongguo Zhixue Shi Xinbian (New Edition of History of Chinese Philosophy)” at international conference commemorating the 115th Anniversary of Feng Youlan’s Birth and the 20th Anniversary of Feng Youlan’s Passing On”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Nov. 20-21, 2010.

Plenary paper presentation on “Reformed Perspectives on Christian Faith in a Multi-Religious World: Jesus Christ as Salt, Light, and Yeast for Reform”, for conference on “Reformed Mission in an Age of World Christianity”, June 15-17, 2010. 2009 Paper presentation “Ru (Confucian) Culture and ‘Religion’: Discerning an Historical Pattern with Interpretive Impact for Today”, Purdue Symposium on Religion and Spirituality in China Today, April 30- May2, 2009, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Paper presentation “Reformed Christian Faith and Religious Diversity” for Consultation on “Christian Faith in a Multi-Religious World”, April 24-25, 2009 at the Prince Conference Center, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI.

Organizer and presenter, informal consultation among faculty members of Calvin College and Calvin Seminary, on Calvin Van Reken’s “Christians in this World”, February 27, 2009.

Participant, Annual Meeting of the Asian Studies Association, March 26-29, 2009, Chicago, IL. 2008 Paper presentation on “Post-Olympics Religious News from China”, China Academic Consortium panel at Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), October 31-November 4, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Participant, “Beijing Summit on Chinese Spirituality and Society”, October 8-10, 2008, Peking University, Beijing, China, sponsored by Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University, the Center for the Studies of Chinese Religion and Society at Peking University, and the Institute for the Studies of Buddhism and Diane B. Obenchain, Page 11

Theories of Religion at Renmin University.

Respondent to three papers for Global China Center panel on the topic “To Save China: Chinese Protestants as Cosmopolitan Educators”, Conference in Faith and History, September 18-20, 2008, Blufton, Ohio.

“Rethinking ‘Ministers of the Moral Order, the Duke of Zhou, Zhongni (Confucius), and Ru’”, for panel on “Perspectives of Confucius as Paradigmatic Scholar-Teacher”, AsiaNetwork 16th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 14-16, 2008. (I was representing Calvin College at this conference.)

2007 “Why is the Religion Department the Same as the Philosophy Department? Thematic Observations by a Long- term Western Participant 1988-2004” for panel on “The Academic Study of Religion and Its Place in the Chinese Academy” at International Conference on the Formation and Development of Academic Disciplines in 20th Century China, Australian National University, Canberra, December 2-6, 2007.

“Calvin College’s Nagel Institute’s Programs”, presentation for ISAAC-Nagel reception at AAR/SBL meeting, November 17-20, 2007, San Diego, CA.

American Academic of Religion, Annual Meeting, November 17-20, 2007, San Diego, CA.

“Undergraduate Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Learning from Others and Ourselves”, Session Panelist, Fall Conference, Calvin College, 2007.

“Comparative Religious Perspectives on Restorative Justice and Its Reception by Chinese Scholars,” plenary presentation at International Conference for “Reinventing Paradigms in Liberal Arts Education”, Women’s Christian College, Chennai, India, August 10-11, 2007.

“Comparative Religious Perspectives on Restorative Justice and Its Reception by Chinese Scholars” (57 pages), paper presented at “India-China Cultural Dialogue – A Symposium”, University of Madras, Chennai, India, August 7-9, 2007.

“Calvin College Self-Study on Undergraduate Research”, presentation as team leader of three-person delegation from Calvin College at workshop of the Institute on Mentorship, Collaboration, and Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Council of Undergraduate Research, held at Cathage College, Kenosha, WI, July 13-15, 2007.

2007 Assembly of World-Wide CRCNA Partners, Prince Conference Center/Calvin College, June 7-10, 2007.

The Uehiro Cross Currents Philosophy Conference: Comparative Philosophy Today and Tomorrow, University of Hawaii, at Manoa, Center for Korean Studies, March 22-23, 2007.

2006 American Academic of Religion, Annual Meeting, November 18-21, 2006, Washington, D.C.

“Moral Cultivation for the 21st Century: Remembering, Recollecting and Reconciling with Victims of War”. Paper presented at the 16th symposium of the Académie du Midi on the topic “War and Peace”, Alet-les-Bains, France, June 5-9, 2006.

Chinese Christian InterAct (CCI) 3rd annual symposium on the topic "The Bible, Theology and Contextualization", Oakland, CA, March 2-3, 2006.

China Academic Consortium (CAC) annual meeting and consultation, Berkeley, CA, March3-5, 2006; representing Calvin College to the Consortium.

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Consultation at the Center for Christianity and Cross-Cultural Studies at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) for curriculum development project in religious studies, with possible funding by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, Nov 8-9, 2005.

“Dominant Themes in Confucianism and Hinduism”. Paper presented at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Nov. 7, 2005.

“Translating into English Feng Youlan’s New Edition of the History of Chinese Philosophy”. Paper presented at International Conference “Commemorating the 110 Anniversary of Feng Youlan”, sponsored by the Committee for the History of Chinese Philosophy and the Committee for Feng Youlan Research, Peking University, Beijing, China, Nov. 5-6, 2005.

Consultation at Overseas Ministries Study Center (New Heaven, CT) on Chinese Christian Biography project , October 3-4, 2005.

“Confucianism and Study of the Chinese Classics: Their Relevance for Today”. Paper presented at Evening Forum of the Associated Press Publishing House, Hangzhou, China, June 16, 2005.

“Religion and American Foreign Policy”. Paper presented at Zhejiang University, June 15, 2005.

Consultation at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) for developing Chinese- English website for Center for Christianity and Cross-Cultural Studies at Zhejiang University, June 15, 2005.

Consultation at Fudan University for curriculum development in study of religion workshop to be held June 2007, possible funding by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, June 9-10, 2005. 2004 “Preface” for Chinese translation of Wilfred Cantwell Smith, The Meaning and End of Religion, (copyright 1962; Harper and Row, 1978), translated by Dong Jiangyang, Beijing, 2004.

“The Contemporary Value of Ru (Confucian) Thought”. Paper presented at International Conference on Propagation and Development of Confucian Thought in the World, sponsored by the Institute of Confucian Studies, People’s University, Beijing, China, December 4-5, 2004.

Cultivating the Heart of Benevolence and the Purpose of Human Rights”. Paper presented at the International Symposium commemorating the 2555th Anniversary of Confucius’ Birthday in conjunction with the Third Annual Meeting of the International Confucian Association, Beijing, China, October 9-13, 2004.

Consultative Conference sponsored by Society of Christian Philosophers and meeting with the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, New York City, NY, August 26-28, 2004.

“Did Confucius Believe that Love for Others Could be Taught?” Paper presented at International Conference on “Love: East and West”, sponsored by Academie du Midi, Alet-les-Bains, France, May 31-June 4, 2004.

Member of Conference Committee and Moderator for “Partakers of the Divine Nature: The History and Development of Deification/Theosis in the Christian Tradition”, Drew University, Madison, NJ, May 21-22, 2004.

China Academic Consortia (CAC) annual meeting and consultation, March 4-7, 2004; observer representing the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. 2003 “On Religion, Religious Pluralism, and Exchange of Spiritual Gifts: What Can Christians Learn from Buddhists in China?” Paper presented at the First International Conference on Dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity, Xi’an, China, November 21-24, 2003.

“The Role of Religion in China’s Emerging Civil Society”, response to Guest Speaker, Prof. Chen Cunfu of Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China), 20th National Catholic China Conference, US Catholic China Bureau, Maryknoll, NY, November 14-16, 2003.

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“Deepening the Dialogue: A Response to Zhang Qingxiong’s ‘Sin and Evil in Christian and Confucian Perspectives’ ”. Paper presented at International conference on “Christianity and Chinese Culture: A Sino-Nordic Conference of Chinese Contextual Theology”, sponsored by the Nordic Institute for Missionary and Ecumenical Research, Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki, and the Union for Christian Culture, Lapland, Finland, August 13-17, 2003. 2002 China Academic Consortia (CAC) annual meeting and consultation, March 1-3, 2002; observer representing the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. 2001 “Nourishing the Spirit: Social Change and Spiritual Development in China Today.” Paper presented at the Ricci Institute Colloquium, University of San Francisco, February 2001 and published in Pacific Rim Report, 19: March 2001. 2000 “The Role of ‘Cultural Christians’ in China Today.” Paper presented at the 18th National Catholic China Conference on “Christianity in China: Growing on Holy Ground”, co-sponsored by Ricci Institute for Chinese- Western Cultural History, 10-12 November, 2000, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

“Covenant Community and Ru (Confucian) Community: Co-partnership with Heaven.” Paper presented at CAC International Conference on “Comparative Ethics in a New Century: A Sino-American Dialogue”, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, September 2000. 1999 "Integrating Chinese Cosmology, Historical Geography, and Aesthetics: Mi Wanzhong's Garden of a Spoonful of Water." Paper presented at international conference on "Aesthetics East and West", 11th symposium of the Academie du Midi, Alet-les-Bains, France, May 24-28, 1999. 1998 "Reconceiving Christian Theology of Religions in a Global Era." Paper presented at Second Consultation for four-volume set entitled God and Globalization: Theological Ethics in a Pluralistic World, General Editor, Max Stackhouse, with Peter Paris and Diane B. Obenchain, October 25-27, 1998, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton.

Panel Chair, "Facing Other Religions: Asian Religions," International Conference, "The Church and the World in a New Century: Faith and Responsibility in a Global Future", October 28-30, 1998, Princeton Theological Seminary.

"Christianity and Modernization of China: Primary Orientations.” Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference of Chinese Christian Scholars Association, University of San Francisco, June 6-8, 1998.

Panel Chair, "Christianity and the Chinese Family", Third Annual Conference of Chinese Christian Scholars Association, University of San Francisco, June 6-8, 1998.

Consultant, First Consultation for four-volume set entitled Religion, Globalization and the Spheres of Life: Theological Ethics in a Pluralistic World (see above), May 8-9, 1998, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton. 1997 "Confucianism: Religion (Zongjiao) or Teaching (Jiao)?" Paper presented at the Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, China, December 9, 1997.

Consultant, "Protestant Theology and Globalization", consultation at the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, April 1997. 1996 "The Academic Study of Religion and Modern Culture." Paper presented at Inaugural Conference and International Symposium of Religious Studies, Peking University, September 3-7, 1997; conference celebrating the establishment of the first Department of Religious Studies in China. 1995 Panel Chair and Organizer, "Chinese Women's Voices Today," Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 1995, Philadelphia, PA.

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"Feng Youlan on the Xiang Xiu-Guo Xiang Commentary on the Zhuangzi: Daoist Roots of Feng Youlan's Philosophy." Paper presented at Ninth International Congress of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, August 4-8, 1995, Boston University. 1994 "Chinese Actualist Thinking and the Role of Ru (Confucians) in the 21st Century." Paper presented at International Conference Commemorating the 2545th Anniversary of Confucius' Birthday, October 5-8, 1994, Beijing, China. 1993 Panel Chair and presenter,` "Confucian Perspectives," Bi-Annual Meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Jiminy Peak, July 1993.

"Teaching Asian and Comparative Philosophy." Paper presented to Roundtable, at Bi-Annual Meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Jiminy Peak, July 1993.

"Continuity--Daoism, Guo Xiang, Chan, Lixue, New Realism--Feng Youlan on the Contribution of Chinese Philosophy to World Philosophy." Paper presented to International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Sixth International Conference, Beijing, China, August 1993. 1992 "The Comparative Method, Modernity, and Ru (Confucianism)." Paper presented at International Symposium Confucianism and Its Contemporary Value, China Confucius Society, Sichuan, China, June 1992.

"Feng Youlan on the Mind: A Convergence of Western and Chinese Approaches to What Thinking Is." Paper presented to Department of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, January 1992.

"Wenxue and Its Translation into English." Paper presented to the Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore, January 1992. 1990-91 "Ru (scholars) and Wen (culture): What's in a Name?" Paper presented at International Conference on Chinese Studies: Retrospect and Prospect, Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore, June 1991.

"Confucian Democracy: Pondering the Possibilities – Reflections on Religious Freedom and Individual Responsibility, Two Closely Related Essentials of the American Democratic Experience." Monograph (80 pages) presented as formal paper at the International Conference on Confucian Humanism and Modernization: The Institutional Imperatives, Institute of East Asian Philosophies, Singapore, January 1990.

"The Moon and the Sun: Chinese and Japanese Women and Family Affection – Comparative Cultural Differences Behind the Code of Confucian Filial Piety." Monograph (55 pages), presented as a formal paper at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, March 1990.

"Confucian Confusion." Paper presented to the Department of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, October 1990.

"Feng Youlan and Ru." Paper presented at the International Seminar on "The Thought of Feng Youlan," Beijing, China; International Academy of Chinese Culture and the China Confucius Foundation, Dec. 1990. 1988-89 "Kong Zi and Ru: A Re-assessment of the So-called 'Victory of Confucianism' during the Early Han." Monograph (45 pages) presented as paper at the International Conference on "The 2540 Celebration of Kong Zi's Birthday and the Academic Symposium"; Beijing, China, October 1989 (in Chinese).

"Confucianism and Modernity: Confucian Practice as Religious Practice." Paper presented to International Conference on "Religion in China: Past and Present", sponsored by the International Academy of Chinese Culture and the New Ecumenical Research Association; Beijing, China, May 26-30, 1989.

"Nurturing and Creative Expression - Not-Self and Self: Roles for both men and women of today." Paper presented at Center for Development of Chinese Culture's Study Institute for China's Female Managers and Cadres; Beijing, China, May 5, 1989 (in Chinese).

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"Is Individualism the Solution to China's Problems?" Paper presented at Beijing University, sponsored by the International Academy of Chinese Culture; Beijing, China, January 1989.

"What is the Most Difficult Thing for a Woman to Do?" Paper presented to the All-China Women's Publishing House; Beijing, China, January 1989.

"One Approach to the Study of Comparative History of Religion." Paper presented at the Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing, China, December 1988.

1987 and Before

Panel Organizer/Respondent, "Comparative Studies in Personal Liberation: Contemporary Women Explore Inter- Cultural Paradigms," Annual Meeting of Association of Asian Studies; Washington DC, Mar. 1986.

"Creating Community - What Myth Does." Paper presented at "Symposium on Interacting Paradigms: Understanding Human Nature," University of Calgary; Alberta, March 1985.

"Mythic Thinking versus Scientific Thinking; An Inquiry into What Myth Does." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion; December 1984.

"On the Original Meaning of Ru." Paper presented at International Research Conference for Asian and Comparative Philosophy on "Interpreting Across Boundaries"; Hawaii, Aug. 1984.

"Alternative Images of Ru and Confucius in Chuang Tzu." Paper presented for panel at the Annual Meeting of American Academy of Religion; San Francisco, 1981.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Fuller Theological Director of the China Initiative (CI) Seminary Chair, China Working Group (CWG) Member, Center for Missiological Research (CMR), Advisory Committee (CMRAC) Member, Masters of Arts, Advisory Committee (MAAC) (Sept. 2014-June 2015) Member, Contextualizing Curricular Group (CCG), School of Intercultural Studies

Calvin College Former member of Governing Board of the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity Member of Committee for the Asian Studies Major Mission Minor Advisor Faculty Advisor (former) to Intervarsity Club which focuses on mission Departmental representative to FEN Council (From Every Nation) Four-year Member of Enrollment Management Committee Organizer for Student/Faculty led Service of Silent Prayer during Lent 2008, 2009 Participant in Reading Group on “Pluralism”, led by Prof. Jamie K. Smith, 2014-15 Participant in Reading Group on “Classical Theology” led by Prof. Laura Smit (2010- 2011) Participant in CCCS Reading Group on “Cultural Intelligence and Christian Hospitality (2007-2008) Participant in Nagel Institute Reading Group on Global Christianity 2006-2007 Participant in Nagel Institute Reading Group on “Worldwide Christianity” 2005-2006 Team-leader of delegation from Calvin College to Council of Undergraduate Research workshop, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, July 13-15, 2007 Presenter on panel on Undergraduate Research at Fall Conference 2007 Student Life Mentor, September 2006-May 2007

Board Member: Advisory Board member of Five-year Project on “Evangelicalism in Brazil and China: Current Perspectives, Future Directions”, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Center for Evangelicalism and Culture (CEC) Former Board member: Knowledge Tree School, Binhai, China

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Council Member: Advisory Council, Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity, www.BDCConline.net

Member: China Academic Consortium (CAC), Executive Committee; former Board member Salaam Project, CRCNA, an multi-agency initiative in Christian Reformed Churches to grow understanding of our Muslim neighbors Yale-Edinburgh Group: History of the Mission Movement and Non-Western Christianity National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR) Académie du Midi – Institut für Philosophie e.V. (Philosophy East and West)

Sometime member: American Academy of Religion (AAR) Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Task Force (under CRCNA) on Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith Middle East Ministry Team (MEMT), Christian Reformed World Missions (CRWM) International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) Society for Asian/Comparative Philosophy (former Executive Board member) (SACP)

Organizer and Fund-raiser:

A Small Dictionary for the Study of Religion in English and Chinese; project received $90,000 from THE HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION to Drew University where, as Fellow of The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies; Project Director with a team of eleven graduate students.

Consultation on the Academic Study of Religion in China, The Shattuck Hotel, Berkeley, CA, June 9-10, 1998 and The United Board in New York, June 11, 1998, funded by THE UNITED BOARD FOR CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ASIA; Chairman and presenter.

Friends of the Shao Yuan; project to reproduce an important late Ming traditional hand-scroll, the Shao Yuan Xiu Xi Tu, by the renowned Ming court calligrapher, poet, and collector of marvelous stones, Mi Wanzhong, for PEKING UNIVERSITY’S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION May 4, 1998; project included a three-country international agreement (China, Japan, and the United States), a budget of US $218,000.00, and involves fund-raising for publication of Hou Renzhi's The Historical Geography of Peking University; Project Director.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• For Fuller Theological Seminary’s China Initiative and the greater Fuller community, I wrote “Fuller Theological Seminary’s Partnership with Chinese Christians: A Four-Platform, Multi-tasked Plan for Action”, 11-page vision statement, submitted February 25, 2015, to President Labberton and the China Working Group.

• For Fuller Theological Seminary’s China Initiative, at the request of the Provost Doug McConnell, I arranged, very carefully the venue, food, and agenda for a half-day visit on the part of Fuller Theological Seminary alumnus Rev. Ezra Jin, Senior Pastor of Zion Church, Beijing, China and 12 of the Board members of China Christian Seminar (CCS), Beijing, China, on March 10, 2015

• For Fuller Theological Seminary’s China Initiative, on behalf of the China Connection, at the request of Mr. Merlin Call, a Fuller Theological Seminary Board member, I moved to the Fuller Theological Library archives (with my personal truck) the papers, books, files, and artwork of the China Connection, when it closed its doors in late February 2015. In addition, I have met with the library’s archivist twice on organizing the China Connection archive. I have also found a Fuller graduate student, Ms. Julie Richards, who will work with Kathy Call as she writes her memoirs of the China Connection.

• For Fuller Theological Seminary’s China Initiative, at the request of Fuller Theological Seminary’s Board member, Mr. Larry Smith, leader of the “China Conversation”, l organized and facilitated venue, housing, food, agenda for a 25-person consultation, January 28-30, 2015. Diane B. Obenchain, Page 17

• Organizer and facilitator for “Theology, Eschatology & Cultural Mandate for the Future Church in China”, a consultation sponsored by China Academic Consortium (CAC), at Fuller Theological Seminary, May 29-31, 2014; 20 pastors and leaders of the church in mainland China attended this event. • Organizer, for US Institute on US Foreign Policy for East Asian Student Leaders, sponsored by US- China Education Trust (USCET), One-day Program at Calvin College, with four panels, lunch at Prince Conference Center, visits to Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Cancer Research Center, The Gerald Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids Art Museum, and dinner at the Grand Rapids University Club, August 27, 2010 and August 19, 201l. • Professor, Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) class on “Confucianism”, Fall 2011 (six sessions). • Professor, Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) class on “US/China Relations”, Spring 2010, co- taught with Profs. Daniel Bays and Larry Herzberg.

• Consultant to the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia in planning for the “India-China Cultural Dialogue – A Symposium”, University of Madras, Chennai, India, August 7-9, 2007.

• Consultant to help plan, organize, and lecture for the 13th New Generation Seminar, for young Asian leaders, on “Challenges of Religious Diversity”, sponsored by the East – West Center (Honolulu, HI). Participants traveled to Honolulu, Kuala Lumpar, and Bangkok, August 31 to September 14, 2003.

• Briefings for the Embassy of the United States, Eisenhower Fellowship Exchanges, the Fulbright Fellowship program on the status of the academic study of religion in China, on professional development in China, and on university education in China today.

• Briefings with the Religious Delegation sent by the President of the United States to China after the United States-China Summit Meeting in October 1997. Attended the first press conference of the delegation at the U.S.-China Committee luncheon, New York City, March 1998.

• Since 1988, briefings to official visitors in Beijing on various topics concerning China, the most especial of these was the week-long visit, December 1996, of Congressman-elect Professor Walter Capps (Department of Religious Studies, University of CA, Santa Barbara), now deceased. I initiated, organized, and hosted his visit to Beijing and his guest lectures at Peking University.

• On-going since 1996, consultant to formulate and to write several academic proposals for funding on behalf of the Department of Religious Studies at Peking University directed to The Henry Luce Foundation and The United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.

• Since 1994, provided extensive background studies (more than one hundred pages) for The Henry Luce Foundation on the academic study of religion in China.

• Since 1988, actively engaged in helping to place more than one hundred outstanding Chinese students and faculty members at major universities in the academic study of religion in the USA, including Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Boston University, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University, University of Pennsylvania, and diverse others.

RELATED PERSONAL INFORMATION Husband: Dennis D. Donahue, retired from thirty years in the U.S. Foreign Service. Last two posts: Cultural Attaché in Brazil and Counselor for Public Affairs, Singapore. Second retirement as Media Coordinator, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. More recently Executive Director, Japan-America Society of West Michigan and Adjunct Professor of East Asian History at Aquinas College and at Calvin College, both in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

From 1990 to 1997, in Singapore and Brazil, in additional to my professional work, I helped to organize and to host, at our Embassy residence, representations in gatherings of up to 100 persons, twice a month; regularly attended official functions at the U.S. Embassy and became quite familiar with the U.S. Foreign Service and its responsibilities.

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Living Abroad: Lived for the better part of 15 years in China; 5 years in Singapore, 1 year in Japan, 1 year in Taiwan, 1year in Brazil. Traveled in Southeast Asia to Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar and in Brazil to the Amazon, Salvador, Ouro Preto, Foz de Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro, the Pantenal, and the capital, and diverse other places. From these travel and living experiences, learned considerably concerning the political, economic, and cultural cares and interests of the peoples of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Portuguese-speaking South America.

Hobbies: Chinese landscape painting and calligraphy, swimming, hiking, biking

SUPERVISORS AND REFERENCES:

1. John Bolt, Professor of Systematic Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary; [email protected] 2. Daniel Bays, Professor Emeritus in History, former Chair of Asian Studies at Calvin College (1999-2012); [email protected] 3. Shirley Roels, The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Senior Advisor for Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), former professor of business and former Dean of Academic Administration at Calvin College; [email protected] 4. Max Stackhouse, Professor Emeritus in Christian Ethics, Princeton Theological Seminary; [email protected] 5. Martha Chan, Founder and President of Education Resources & Referrals-China (ERRC) and Coordinator of The China Academic Consortium (CAC); [email protected] 6. Kenneth Pomykala, Professor of Biblical Studies, former Chair of Religion Department (2003-2013), Calvin College; [email protected] 7. Christina deGroot, Professor of Biblical Studies, current Chair of Religion Department (beginning July 1, 2013), Calvin College; [email protected] 8. Greg Sinclair, Coordinator, The Salaam Project, The Christian Reformed Church of North America (CRCNA); [email protected] 9. Scott Sunquist, Dean, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary; 10. Mark Labberton, President, Fuller Theological Seminary.

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